For his first year, he's been doing great. He improved the Bucs run D greatly, and his offense has a lot of potential. But the mindset of the players is the biggest thing he has done. His never give up attitude is a great mindset to install on to a young team and they could be a good team for a while if they keep on improving with him.

So far, I am content with where we sit at the midway point of the season. Even more so with our squad as looked the last three weeks, I think the "Schiano Way" might be starting to click. 3-4 might not be winning, but we have been competitive and are much further along then many thought.

The defense, while breaking at times is keeping us in games. This alone is worth it's weight in gold in terms of developing this team, too often last season we would see games get out of control early putting far too much pressure on Josh Freeman. Keeping us within a score per game has help calm Josh a bit a think, and he has shown us that the potential is there if the game is on the line.

Another season or two of development, consistent play and a homerun draft pick or two and Tampa Bay could be making much more noise come playoff time with Schiano at the helm.

I think he has been doing rather well. I like the bucs, but man they are frustrating in the sense of one week they look like the best team in the league and the next they look like they couldn't football their way out of a grocery bag.

I'm not sure. I think he's been doing good. But some slight mistakes...the Bucs were very close to being 6-1 right now. I know that sounds stupid. But, they lost by 2 to Redskins at the end. Blew it in the 4th Qtr against the Giants. and had a horrible call against them against the Saints.

I'm not sure how much those tiny miscues were, but those 3 losses aren't even including losing by 6 to the Cowboys. All of our losses have been winnable, easily.

The 5th ranked rush D isn't tough? Hmmm ok. Makes sense. And we haven't lost by more than 7 points, so if there were to be a fumble in our favor it could turn the game. I think it'll only be a cheap shot if were down by 9 or more on the kneel, because then there is not chance of a comeback.

But the game was still in reach (although the probability of winning was low). This is the NFL after all, you play to win. All I'm saying is I'll only see it as a cheap shot when there is no way we can win, even with a touchdown on a fumble in victory formation.

And I have two points that I keep making and you and I are just talking in circles:

1) They gave up 41 points that game so no they did not play tough D. And to try and make this statement about playing 60 minutes and going at the other team when the other team is just taking a knee is cheap.

2) I hope sometime this season they take a knee and someone does it to them.

You don't think it's cheap that's fine. We disagree. Most fans and players and coaches disagree with you but that's fine.

Also to the first response, me saying I hope another team does the exact same thing tampa bay does is NOTHING like saying you want the starting QB to get injured. I never once said I wanted Tampa Bay to get injured I just said I would like them to be cheap shotted much like they did to the Giants.

Well yeah we disagree, but I'm sure it'll happen to us one day, but that what ever. Its a last ditch effort, and I can see how you'd see it as a cheap shot, and I will too if the game is absolutely out of reach. And the first comment wasn't me. And there are coaches and players who agree with what Schiano does.

As a Bucs fan I thought the play was legal but not in good taste. They had chances to win, they lost them. I don't blame the players; this is all on the coach for making that decision. I'm not sold on Schiano yet, and he does seem like an asshole.

I did not like Morris either. The team is more disciplined, which I do like. He's definitely better than Morris. I think a lot of my perception of him being an asshole stems from what I've read about him doing in the past. Which is why I'm not sold on him yet, but I'm also not saying he's terrible. It will take some time before we see what happens, and I think next year will give us a clear indication of his coaching abilities at the NFL level.

You're completely right. What schiano did was absolute bush league. Its what a sore loser would do in a madden game. Just an unnecessary risk in a risky game. No need for any player to get injured during victory formation.

Thanks. I never want to see players get injured. Schiano wants to instill this play 60 minutes attitude which I get but I find it funny that they did it when the team allowed 30 plus points. Most intensity I saw from that team was on the victory formation.

Hopefully teams will just run up the score if they want both teams to play 60 minutes.

Injury is a part of the game, but you don't go out there head hunting especially on a kneel play. That's just reckless immature coaching. He has a great intensity, but he needs to step up and accept a loss and not be juvenile about it.

I don't particularly feel like searching for the article, since that game was so long ago in the scope of the NFL season, but it's out there. It's pretty common practice for the offense on a kneel down to tell the defense that they're taking the knee, so don't come at us. Eli did this, and the Bucs told him they were coming.